The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-10
They Were Imported Into the States
Only Zen Years Ago.
Prof. Baird's Opinion OF Them a.
a Domestic Luxury.
The True Situation OF the Fidelity
National Bark.
eI3,s7e,s5O Bonds Purchased by the
Treasury nepartmest-ConAul
General Hsnham's Re
psrt-CRpttAl news.
lsPEoIAL TO I'M ApyrIL.l

the United States. In Germany,
France, England, Austria aud other
European countries this fish has been
common article Of food for years,
About ten or twelve years sgo Prof.
Baird, Of the United States fish com.
mission, determined to Try TO intro.
duce the nsh into tais country. He
invited DR.. X. Hessel, who had been
connected with the German fsh com.
mission for many years, TO come to
this country to take charge OF the
United States propagating ponds and
try 10 Introduce the different spe.
cles Of carp into the waters Of the
United States. From that time on the
number Of carp has constantly in.
creased until todsy they are found In
Te,rly every State In the Union.
The United States carp ponds
are located about quarter Of
mile to the southwest Of
the prounds surrounding the execu.
tive mansion. They cover In all
about thirty five acres oi land, and are
kept In admirable condition. Just at
this time DR.. HsSsel is preparing to
make the annual shipments, and for
this purpose the larger ponds have
been drained of and the fish col.
lected into long trenches, from which
they can be readily gathered into
buckets. They are carried from the
ponds to the shipping rooms Of the
fab com mission, and from there they
are transported to the different sec
lions Of the country. There wi | be
shipped during the present. month
soue where about $4,000 Of these
a IN 10 various sections OF the country.
Maryland was the first State supplied,
st d tho results we're so satisfactory
that Virginia, Tennessee, North Caro-.
lima aud other States sooa sent In
apple iions for supplies Of the fish.
Dr.. Hessel Is always at the ds
ready TO give inform ,tion to yisitoIs,
and as he is thoroughly verssd in pisi.
culture his talks upon h,hy subi sc,s
are always entertaining. When your
corresp p ,ndent called upon him today
the doctor was found nursings broken
wrist, which he had secured while
trying 10 jump from q car day or two
ago. lie was ready to talk about his
pets, however, and procted' d 10 give
The desired infJrmstiop. "Ii 10 wrong
TO cal these fish all German carp,D
oaId the doctor. "They are found in
ali parts Of Europe, and sre much
French, or Austrian, 90 German. We
have three species here, namely. the
leather carp, which 10 entirely devoid
Of scales; the miITor carp, which has
a few scales resembling email mirrors
upon ie sdes, and the scale carp,
which is covered over with scales.
They all belong to the same family,
and are oil excellent food fish. They
are not no,ed for their gameJ quail.
ties, and afford lit,le sport 20 the
the angler who q ,hfs for the pure Iowa
a the sport. But for the farmer and
the workman, who bilt their lines for
the food which will result, they are
,Icellent n ,h and will repay the email
outlay nee, s,sry to prep ,rr n place Tor
the fish, which will be BsDt by Ihe
lish commission upon application
HOG many THOUSANDS ~ iie B'h
10 VOC ditnbuie each YEAR, Il 1ctoi p
From 10000 T. OC0l Al pTo,a q.
We distribute them 1T about four
months old, and by this time they ars
from three to five inches long"
"a wis, *, are they ready for the
iryiugpn"
ave nave bad them wsigh three
pounds at one year oi age, but IL usu.
ally r'quios about two ysars 10 bring
them 10 marketable eizj uod,T ofdi.
nary conditions. They W " TO q very
large eEs. II Ia not uncommon 10 hnd
them weighing tAeniy, or even TWEEN.
~ Ave ponnds, ard We havs some In
These ponds which will weigh thirty
ponrd
Have the carp given general Gatis-
isetion In this ,uoiry p
"0snsrAlly, yrs. Thry are rather
cosrss fish, aud they will feed on
nnytrins Where hey are raised In
funbing stream, or In clean water
ponds they a's very nice. II they arc
turned into mud hoes they will have
a raihsr stTJpg n,v,r, n eaten directly
ilOm those mud holes. la nearly
eyIy instanci, When comp alnte
tays been received thst the tsh were
not Of good flavor, inyes lgAtion has
shosn IN II they have been rslsed in
pest ponds. II the A,h Ars removed
from these poet pond, 10 a fresh
saifT ba' h for day ~ tWO before
they ara cooked all this unpleasant
taste will disspppAr. Thoee VINO keep
csrI In meet ponds should bear this
10 mind"
"U9pn what DO y5u feed the G,h In
Theses ppndt2 2
principally upon paste made ti
iorr paTs cornmeal AID ono part
Il ,nr. Tie II cooked aud thro Fn to
IA ~ tytIy day. II ths iAli ~s iced
y great many pdmpki0B Thy are
I nd n thee ~ icles and, in fac', they
sll t1,ive upon any klud o. vsgs.
able matter. Here are some other
d,b closely relaed II the carp fam.
ily," continued Dr. Hessel, taking his
callers 10 n pond In which we're soms
b,su,iiul ish about fourteen inches
long an Of Ich gold color They
n A. A. 81 A 4
"a I'D Va Germany, aud are excellent
Lod n h. Ttoe o,hog which lock |
70 much like them, are g,lden ide.
l,rm this river DInub.. They lock
ike the common gold dlh sasn In |
qaAriume. bu, they are Of dlH1ent
lamiiy entirely. YIn will notice that
he common god dlh seem 10 dslight |
in stirrlng an tbs mud from tho bot. |